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the georgetown herald fottsteet paces what council did auriwrind smond cl mi pod office dapt ottawl georgetown out wednesday sbtembet 2nd 1959 first section suggest ask voters choose ward general vote in town ward voting abandoned several yearsiago in georgetown in favour 1 of elections by general vote was subject for a discussion at mon day s council meeting the wav the town is growing it could be a dangerous thing if one section of town were to elect a whole new council said cr ern hyde as he stated that it would be wise to have a plebiscite this fall to see if voters would favour the move there would have to be a complete revision of the old wards and possibly more wards than the ionnerhhrce he said at the same time i don t mean to infer thaf a councillor should be elected just to look after one part of town mr hyde continued ihe should have a larger view ev en if he does represent one speci f ic area while favouring a plebiscite mayor armstrong was careful not to gave his personal views on ward voting summarizing some of the pros and cons he pointed out that ward partisanship is one of the drawbacks as a councillor tends to try to please the peophwho vote for him al the same time repre sentation becomes more fairly dts tnbuted among centres of popula tion regardless of which voting sys tern we have we must remember that the top three municipal offi cials will be chosen by general vote he said the mayor said that under gen eral voting distribution of coun cillors does not always follow pop ulation densitj the present coun cil for instance has four council members from ward 1 the smal lest ward none from the middle v ard 2 and five from the largest ward 3 he said that if a plobi scite is to be held council must take the necessarv action before november 1st following complaints of contra ventions of sanitary regulations public works chairman john elliott said he had found that a town by law prohibits the use of privies where sewers are available the births v gahmighael mr and mrs ian carmichael nee anne campbell are happy to announce the birth of a daughter at guelph general hospital tuesday august 25th cuthbbbt mr and mrs jack cuthbert 43 churchill cresc are happy to announce the birth of a son markjanies jamie weight 7 uk 11 oz on sun day aug 30th i960 at peel memorial hospital queen mr and mrs ron green nee alma coombes are happy to announce the birth of a dau gbter yvonne jane on aug 15 at guelph general hospital mcquarme mr and mrs jack tmcquarrie joan smith are hap py to announce the birth of their daughter jacqueline mane on august 20 1969 at sl joseph s hospital guelph a sister for tammy roberts mr and mrs ron roberts are happy to announce the birth of a son stephen at guelph general hospital tues day august 25th a brother for terry entertains for daughter at norval trousseau tea mrs victor dixon norval enter tamed at a trousseau tea on august 22nd for her daughter marlcne prior to her marriage on august 29th to jamie cunningham in nor val presbyterian church mrs len o brian of port credit poured tea and mrs h robson miss sheila carney and mrs h cunningham assisted in the tea room mrs d trimble mrs ron dixon and miss susan cunningham were assigned to show the brides trousseau wedding gifts and show pr mrs h robson hornby enter tained the hornby girls ball team at a miscellaneous shower on july 28bh at her home on july 30th the ladies of norval presbyterian church entertained for mariene she receievd many lovely gifts also the junior choir presented her with cornflower crystal and steak knives on august 6th mrs ron dixon was hostess at a pantry shower at her home 20 sarah street mrs george grasby and mrs r tost were joint hostesses at mrs grasby 5 home 5 king st at a miscellaneous shower a pre sentation was made by the norval ball club of a polished aluminum tray the office staff of the pro citrement department of avro air craft malton presented her with an electric frving pan died hilts adolphus at milton on tuesdav september 1st 1959 adolphus hilts m his 86th year husband of the late mary m white and father of earl wilf red lena mrs r skynng arthur clifford edith mrs j hennessey wesley james and dons mrs e clarke resting at the harold c mcclure funeral home 34 edith st geor getown from thursda noon ser vice fridav at 1 30 p m interment m hillcest cemetery norval marshall bertha ma robinson on tuesday september 1st 1959 at guelph general hospi tal bertha ma robinson marsh all of 42 queen s georgetown in her 77th year wife of the late wm g marshall and dear mother of hazel mrs ed w heel er of hamilton william of otterville harold ethel fmrs v torrance and douglas of georgetow n resting al the harold c mcclure funeral h me 34 edith st cor geown un i tnirsav morning thence to knox presbyterian church where funeral service will be held at 3 p m interment in greenwood cemetery georgetown casket will be open in the church until time of service memoriams fry dear jack we head no parting sound we heard no warning bell that you were going to leave u soon no one on earth could tell they say that time heals sorrow and helps us to forget but time so far has only proved how much we miss you yet always remembered norm and glad cards of thanks davison the family of the ute william davison wish to ex press uieir gratitude to e for the kindness and sympathy and beautiful flowers during their recent bereavement turner we would like to thank our friends and the lions club for their help during my illness ray- turner and family county health unit is investigating four infractions of this he said the engineer and town solicitor were asked to investigate complaint of a ratepayer george wright main t n that his property value is being lowered by operation of a business m a residential ly zoned neighbourhood asking for clarification of clause 51 1a in the zoning by law he was told by reeve sargent that un er the clause residents art permitj ted to carry on business in their homes providing there is no dis play of wares and that advertising signs be limited to one square foot the by law is not retroactive he said and can limit a business ex tending but cannot order it to cease assessment appeals are not in council s jurisdiction he said and should be taken to the assessment commissioner clips hydro pole terra cotta accident an oakville car clipped off a hydro pole just south of terra cot ta onursday when pot holts on the town line sent it out of control john charles heffernan of r r 1 oakville was driving south on the line at about 140 pir when he hit the series of bumps and lost control the car a 1957 ford left the road and travelled along the west ditch for some distance before taking off the pole heffernan was injured in the or deal that damaged his car to an es iraated 150 according to opp cst dave hardy who made the invesli gation new dentist called to the bar labour day and a holiday week end is coming up next mon day advertisers and those with news copy will help the herald b submitting these as early as pos sible showers trousseau tea honour mrs paul eason prior to her marriage on satur day august 8th to paul douglas eason son of mr and mrs joseph bason hr 1 glen williams betty joann lucas daughter of mr and mrs john s lucas glen mil hams was feted at three showers the miscellaneous showers were held at the home of the bride s aunt mrs george preston glen williams where mrs preston and mrs r mdmaster acted as hostes ses at the home of mrs harold marshall 37 charles street geor getown and at the bndes home in glen williams where gail smith acted as h istess the bride also received gifts from the roai bank staff the st vi ban s junior altar guild and st albans sunda school a trousseau ua was held at the home of the bride on saturday august 1st during the aftern ion and evening dr peter kuryllbwicx presently sharing pfifice accommodation with dr jack kerby is planning to open his own dental office this fall in a new office building being comple ted at mountainview road and campbell gate a 1956 university of toronto graduate he has just completed three years service with the royal canadian dental corps floodlit horseshoes is new georgetown sport the horseshoes are flying under the lights at the mountainview road track but don t bother reach ing for a two dollar bill these shoes have never felt the weight of the valiant equine instead those lights are beaming down on the reccntl formed geor getown horseshoe club which now meets regularly at the home of carman copland 101 mountainview road the club is divided into 12 teams with five men per team and for such a late start the interest shown in the venture has been very keen a schedule has been drawn up for 11 weeks of competition and with a quarter of it 15 games al ready behind them the no 8 team captained by jack kemshead are heading the field with 12 points the leaders are followed by geo sargent 10 points art stamp 9 points t graham 9 points t stamp 9 points bill collier 9 points p puckering 6 joints g inghs 6 points dave stamp 5 poinls carman copland 4 points a stapleton 3 points and r ior usso 3 points two of the teams bill coiuers and date stamps have played onl ten games the club officers are bill hillier jr president g ing lis sccretarv and ddv e stamp financial secre tary bajlinafad theodore rachlin son of mr and mrs ben rachlin acton was called to the ontario bar recently he is a grandson of the late isaac rachlin who operated a dr clean ing business in georgetown some years ago he received his ba de- to in 1954 and his ll3 in 1957 gree from the university of toron he is practicing law in toronto with the firm of levinter gross- berg shapiro mayzel and dryden cobourg here saturday in junior ba basebajl fans who want to see some good ball on a junior scale would be doing themselves a favor saturday with a trip to the park to take in the peewee finals going on there between georgetown and cobourg the teams plunged into their plavoffs last week with cobourg drawing first blood by humbling the locals 52 the scries is a best of three affair so the games com i finals ing up this weekend are crucial and a number of other clubs inclu ding owen sound are awaiting a winner milton acton campbell ville and burlington kept the george town kids busy during the regular schedule cliff norton cliff dav ison and bill muir are assisted by bruce and ah norton in managing and coaching the young club start playoffs tonight in industrial fastball industrial fastball kicks off its 1959 playoffs tonight in the glen where the league pennant winners play host to norval in the first session of a best of five series the winners will take on either smith stone or the alliance mill who start their series thursday night the game times have been pushed back a quarter of an hour to 6 15 to allow for the earlier dark ness cotton brothers were the club that missed the boat they muffed an opportunity to pull into a tie with alliance for fourth place and force a playoff when thev drop ped their sunday game with nor val 5 to 3 to close out the season varcy won it for norval holding cottons to just 6 hits while berta son and cassidy in the 5th did the hurling for the losers one playoff was necessary to determine the second place team and it was smith stone over nor val in the mondav night sudden death 9 to 4 patterson started for smith and stone fisher in the 4th and hurst richardson bud varej in the 4th and cameron for nor val all three home runs in the game came in smith and stone frames scotty patterson elmer fendlev and hurst slamming one apiece still seek a winner for 1000 00 jackpot the 1 000 progressive jackpot offered by the kin in their recent series of monster bingos went un claimed again friday when a crowd of about 200 vied for the grand prize at the arena serge leduc 15 victoria street took home the largest sum of mo nev 150 while mr russell green ley of hams ton and ed pries 12 victoria cresc were 100 game winners mrs orval paul 12 hew son cresc and lou morrow of orangeville each received 50 00 when the split the consolation mo ncy the kinsmen project also featu red a share the wealth and 15 regular games their next bingo 11 be held in the arena on fn da september 11th easonlucas nuptials in st albans glen williams st albans anglican church glen williams was decorated with white and pink gladioli for the mar nage of betty jodn lucas daugh ter of mr and mrs john j lucas glen williams when she became the bride of paul douglas eason son of mr and mrs joseph eason r r 1 glerinnilliams the mar nage took place on saturdd auj ust 8th at 11 am rev john d rathbonc officiated at the double ring ccrcmon mis reg william- was organist and marjorie gibson was soloist sin ing o perfect love during the signing of the register and the lords praver prior to the pro s sion the bnde given in marriage by her father wore a gown of peau de sole with fitted bodice and short shirred aleee the round neckline was set off with oyster pearl trimmed silk lace medallions and the basque waist topped a very bouffant skir with full icn deep flounce and repeating medallions at the top of the flounce falling from the point of the bodi e to a short sweep train a silk illusion fmgutip veil was held in place by a seed pearl crown she earned white rosebuds and stephanotis and pink cornflowers on a white biole with streamers tipped bj ro ebuds and itephano- tis jacqueline lucas the bride s sis ter was maid of honour and gail smith of georgetown and jane martin of port credit were brides maids the groom s niece evelyn eason was the flower girl they were dressed alike in gowns of jade green crystal charm over taf feta with ruffled inserts at the neck the skirt was street length princess line and they wore large open crowned picture hats with matching shoes and white glives the flower girl wore a pink short full skirted dress with a halo of pink flowers and white glove and shoes the maid of honour and brides maids carried wicker baskets with pink glad and grtcn ivv an pink streamers ami the flowtr irl tar ned d basket of pink and while glads with iv and white streamers francis hulme was groomsman and george eason the groom s brother and harvcv handy wirt ilsher the gioom nephew ii vid dolsoiv was ring bearer the bride and groom celebrated nuptial cuchanst after the core mony mrs lucas received for her dau ghter at a reception at hilltop iodge she wore a gown of ra lace and chiffon with pink and black accessories and a deep pink sweetheart rosebud corsage she was assisted by mrs eason who wore a gown of rosewood lace with beige accessories and a pink sweet heart rosebud corsage for their honeymoon to niagara falls and through the northern slates to the 1000 is ands the bride wore a trav ming costume of blur mauve and white chiffon over figured taffeta with white acces sories and a white sweetheart rose bud corsage the groom is employjd at the mackenzie lumber oatad the bride is a teller at thf roy4l bank they will live at r rm glen vtil lianas an honoured gus at ihe wed ding was the brides grandmother mrs rose lucas of geogelown and other guests attended from scar boro brampton erin gue ph kitchener brantford georgetown and glen williams w a cottage guests for turkey supper the afternoon auxiliar vms met on friday of last week at the manse the worship was taken b mrs mcbridt and was in keipin with the topic whi h was taken from the june missionarv month i on the work of the church with in the p nal institutions th roll call was answered bv mming the disciples members of the v werr enter tained on widncsdav afurnoin al the cottage of or and mrs clif ford reid on lake btlwood the hostess provided a turkev and thr rest of the supper which wa n joved on the lawn consisted of pot luck the weather was ideal for the outing and several of the er up tnjoved a swim mrs rnnk smith thanked the reids for their hopit alitv on behalf of th uhou roup visitors last week with tarolvn mcfnerv were patsj tiillis of mil ton and vonnie speanne who has ben staving with her randmoth er mrs wm earlv aj campbell ille for the summer mr and mrs robert mel- run left this week on a trip to the west coast mr and mrs ken ridler and fa mily are visiting this week with their families mr and mrs f m shortill and mr and mrs norman ridler mr and mrs a himos are hoi idaying this week at hunstville mrs elwood snow and famil visited at her home in clensand field for a few davs last week paying a return visit to the snows this week are mr and mrs ici lie calvank and family of glens and field imrs norton senior joan and david are taking up residence in gucph this week car dump truck blinker light crash neither driver was injured in a minor smash at thi inttrsection of due iph and john streets saturdav involving a car driven b clarence bain of esquesine twp and a dump truck driven bv james rov hickman of caledon past both vehicles were westbound on duelph street and approaching the blinker lilht whrn bain started lo make a njhl turn onto john hlrtet hickman thinking the car ahead of him wj- turning left onto water street started to pass on the right side police chief rov halev who made the investigation said the total damage was about 200 the acctdt nt occurrt d at about 8 45 twenty bloom stalk tops previous one topping a 12bloom sunflowor on one stalk grown by reg wil liams stewarttown mrs c e sta cev 8 draper st has a plant which has produced twenty blooms on a single stalk mrs stacey is also proud of one plant which bears a total of 35 blooms and sands about nine feet high club midtown hi ho here i am in mv little padded cell on the hill fnda night we yyinl t th rrc ords and it was a dit wjrm wan t if i hope the hea di in t a jour dancing next week will be the last tue- day night dance i hop vouve en j ed them we had a u l of fun this p ndav we are havin a hav ride and corn roast it starts at 9 30 at midtown and leaves for ilimehouse thanks to gary scott the partv will be held on his pro pertv so bring vour bnlhing suit- along and go for a swim in the pool m top ten predictions for this week are by sammy nelson with teen beat and second goes to jimmv daren and angel face by the way watch carl perkins re cord pointed toe shoes it s a real not prospect thats it until next week see you at midtown friday night and next tuesday too until then take care keep smiling and i ii be back on the same page next week if somebody will me undo the 36 buckles on my straight jacket you arc laughing i hope teachers study too attend summer courses a large percentage of teachers at georgetown high school rever sed roles to become students this summer miss beryl knocker and mr paul legge attended univers ty of tor ono tor eight weeks working to wards their master of arts degrees in fnglish at the ontario col lege of education mr alex dob- son was studying for his master of education degree and mr m pastyr for his bachelor of educa tion completing training at the oce were mr j walker mr f sum- erell miss b mckay and mr g kave mrs john glynn completed a grade 13 preparation course in the city two members of the staff were on the departmental marking staff miss florence luke and mr a m baxter social personal mrs ken de rose margaret st has recently returned from a visit with her parents mr and mrs j hayes in winnipeg keith taylor of owen sound has been visiting with his brother and sister in law mr and mrs gordon taylor 24 queen street mr and mrs stan wright glen murray lawrence and janet 31 edith street enjoyed a week s vac ation at parry sound ontario mrs marjorie cane of st cath annes spent thepast two weeks al the home of mr ana mrs william hill and family john street mr and mrs ernest gerry lynn robert and david of fort william were guests of mr and mrs kelly kidd 57 byron st i mr and mrs filing berg and son filing jr travelled by plane from calgarv alta to spend two weeks with his parents mr and mrs v berg at limehouse mrs f jones from walton on the naze essex england is here for a six weeks visit with her daughef mrs ouke mulder mr mulder frances and philip main street north mr and mrs norman fry form erlv of perth moved into their new home at 22 norton crescent i t week mr irv is manager of the new beamish store at delrex shopping plaza miss carev aunt to mrs l w murray will be a patient in guelph general hospital for three months following an unfortunate fall last sundav in which her hip was bro ken in four places mr and mrs hazen sherrj and imirhael 7 mountainview rd have just returned from a motor trip to pei where michael saw his grand parents for the first time they re turned bv wi of the us john ollivier 44 prince charles spent last wetkend in the delight ful atmosphert of lawrenceville on pike bav the family will spend the long weeken 1 at this captivating bruce peninsula resort mr and mrs r w murrav for merh of 22 norlon cresc left on sundav for their new home in ste fov quebec mr murrav is ern- ploved in the carde project al val cartier camp quebec city mr and mrs roland haines t m mv and laddie glen williams and mrs haines mother mrs harrv hile 8 ontario street re turned last we k after spmding 9 weeks in lngand where lhev visi ted relatives of mr haines i vnda dixon daughter of mr and mrs george dixon 26 wind sor road celebrated her sixth birthdav at her home on satnrday august 22nd her guests wire margaret and ian hogg janice as seltine jo anne mcgregor irene balabair and her brother george mrs rov van dusen of tara mrs homer schoen and son david of providence r i mrs casilear cobb and mr fletcher bittner of westhampton beach long island have been visiting with miss gla dvs mcgibbon and mr and vcs jack mcgibbon on saturday they attended the wedding in armour weights presbyterian church of their niece imisssandralmaafarland to mr charles brewer of dallas texas where the bnde and groom will reside mr and mrs harry shortill and family 45 maple ave w are holi daying at rockwynn lodge lake cecebe visiting with mrs a r van nater 16 durham st and mr and mrs arthur speight 47 shelley s are a nephew and his wife imr and mrs arnold gilmore of niag ara falls and two sisters mrs fred i int of dunnville and mrs tom gitanore of attercliffe miss suzanne kidd returned home after vacationing with her grandmother mrs e l gerry of toronto president of the silver cross on warriors day suzanne was a guest at the cne directors tea held in the queen elizabeth bldg after viewing the parade from the grandstand susan graham daughter of mr and mrs j graham 12 shelley st celebrated her 11th birthday with a swimming party followed by sup per at her home on tuesday aug 18 guests included kathy young wendy marks vivian perry dar lene walker heather barber and sylvia pacholok on sunday mr and mrs her bert macfarland of toronto mr and mrs m mcfarland and son bill of seattle washington mr john macfarland and miss anne dav of ann arbor michigan miss edna early and mr charlie bova of toronto visited with the mcgib- bons mrs nelly fox and daughter sandra 4 ontario street have just returned from a trip which took them through the fin r lakes of new york state to atlantic city new jersej and cape cod massa chusctls on the return trip they toured prince edward island and also visited for two davs in riley brook new brunswick with mr and mrs leonard trafton mr douglas trafton returned to ont with them the rev and mrs alex calder donald judith bill and grace 38 edith st are back in georgetown after spending a month in sud bury whore mr calder was tern porary minister at knox presbyter lan church while the regular nun ister was on vacation the calders also visited mis i alders sister and her husband dr and mrs j ii stanion at their camp on lake v anapotei an extensive trip east this sum mer took mt and mrs douglas 1s- morrd norval to various places of inti rest in canada an 1 the states their daughter rutn a teacher at the 4th i ine east school in ching uacousy accompanied thorn in prince edward island they visited scenes made fam us in l m monlgomcr s book anne of green gables and the cemetery where the authoress who lived in norval when her husband was a minister there is buried tht v travelled the cabot trail in cape breton and in halifax were fortunate to he able to tour an italian liner which was docked they travelled home through the new england states and rw york engagement mr and mrs charles stanley fishbum announce the engagement of their daughter nancy lorraine to arthur gerald meadows son of mr and mrs harold meadows r jt 2 cayuga the marriage wilt take place on saturday september the twenty sixth at three oclock in norval united caurcn